Columbia Pictures
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Theodora Goes Wild
RIOTOUS ROMANTIC COMEDY!
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
- Original title
- Theodora Goes Wild
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jul 13, 2024 · via TMDB
Irene Dunne takes top billing here, but as usual it's Melvyn Douglas who steals the show - this time alongside an on form Thomas Mitchell. It's the latter man, "Jed", who is the editor of the local newspaper who has spent a small fortune on the serialisation rights to a best selling and rather steamy novel. The local women's guild types are outraged and threaten him with the ultimate sanctions - the disapproval of the "Lynn" family. Thing is, though, we quite quickly learn not only is the paper selling like hot cakes, but that one of that very family - using the pseudonym of "Caroline Adams" (Dunne) is the one doing a bit of the George Eliot. This is where "Grant" (Douglas) comes in. He designed the book sleeve, smells a rat and quickly discovers the book's true identity. What now ensues sees a series of comedic spats between the two - who are obviously destined for... The writing is pithy at times, exposing the hypocrisy and double standards of a population who do anything but practice what they preach in a town of busy-bodies and gossip-mongers well led by a perfectly cast and mischievous Spring Byington. It's entertainingly paced with plenty of quick-wittedness throughout and though maybe there's little jeopardy as to the story's trajectory, there's bundles of chemistry between Dunne and Douglas and this is well worth ninety minutes.
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Irene Dunne
Theodora Lynn
Melvyn Douglas
Michael Grant
Thomas Mitchell
Jed Waterbury
Thurston Hall
Arthur Stevenson
Elisabeth Risdon
Aunt Mary
Margaret McWade
Aunt Elsie
Spring Byington
Rebecca Perry
Nana Bryant
Ethel Stevenson
Henry Kolker
Jonathan Grant
Leona Maricle
Agnes Grant
Robert Greig
Uncle John
Stella Adams
Townswoman (uncredited)
William Benedict
Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
Sven Hugo Borg
Bartender (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Photographer at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Moffat (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Townswoman (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Guest at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Photographer at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Reporter (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Mrs. Cobb (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jane Keckley
Townswoman (uncredited)
Rosalind Keith
Adelaide Perry (uncredited)
Isabel La Mal
Townswoman (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Party Guest (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
Ralph Malone
Reporter (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
Grandma - Townswoman at Train Station (uncredited)
Corbet Morris
Artist (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Dance Floor Extra (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Man (uncredited)
George Ovey
Clarinetist in Welcoming Band (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Reporter (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Majordomo at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Clarence (uncredited)
Leora Thatcher
Miss Baldwin, Stevenson's Secretary (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
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Billy Wayne
Photographer at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
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